Hinkley and north central MN area rut update...

[FishinFools]

Anyone been in the woods this week north of Hinkley? Bucks chasing? What are you seeing for deer activity? Thanks!

[Sota2Florida]

Still very slow on the range. A couple new rubs and scrapes but no chasing. Saw a bunch of does the other day but not a buck in sight.

[gurkster]

Just south of you in the Pine City area I am seeing some rubs popping up, but not full on rut activity yet. At least from what I am seeing.

[Borch]

Last weekend saw a few scrapes and rubs. Not much chasing going one. Does are with does and fawns. Bucks we've seen have been alone. Necks are not swollen up and they don't stink too bad yet.

[Monkster]

I saw quite a bit of chasing on opening morning in the Sandstone area. A loner that my son shaved some hair off of We also saw a very large buck on some adjacent land with a neck so engorged you couldn't tell where his neck ended and his body started!

[Lipriper84]

I shot a 9 point buck by Bruno opening morning that had a very swollen neck and he had his nose to the ground when he came by me. I yelled out Memp 4 times before he stoped 15 yards from my stand. His antlers were full of tree bark. There were also other scrapes and Rubs we found the weekend before opener.

[Fishinguy40]

I hunted public land in the Sandstone area the weekend of opener. I hunted over a fresh scrape but never saw a buck.

[tipup]

Willow River area here. No real signs until Tuesday afternoon. Saw 4 deer all weekend, only one buck and he was leading 2 doe(he was leading;). Then Tuesday afternoon, I saw a decent 8 fooling with 3 doe around my house. otherwise nothing toget ecited about.

[MNexpoler]

I've seen lots of activity in my area which is near Malmo. I got bucks chasing does and bucks mounting does on my trail cams. Theres some rubs and scraps too.